Bulding a Team? Make Weaknesses Irrelevant

We've been blogging recently about the importance of praise and positive reinforcement. When building a project team or organization, the ideal is to make weaknesses completely irrelevant and focus instead on people's strengths. So says Peter Drucker in The Effective Executive in Action.

Here's an example, according to Drucker:

"A good tax accountant accountant in private practice might be greatly hampered by his inability to get along with people. But in an organization, such a man can be set up in an office of his own and shielded from direct contact with other people. There are others who can get along with people. First-rate tax accountants are a good deal rarer."

Food for thought.